2022-05-10 21:16:08-St Paul Hospital; London, England.-
In a rundown hospital in the slums of England, a young man with bald head and rough face lay down on a bed with his face facing the ceiling.
Flies hovered around him and Mosquitoes sucked his blood. His skin was rough with festered wounds all over his body. The sheet used to cover his bed was dirty.
A normal person would vomit on the spot on seeing such a sight but the young man didn't mind. His face was blank without any expression. The reason was simple. According to the Doctor, he would die this week.
Lukas had been in this hospital for the past 5 months. He had been transferred from Major hospitals in the country to this rundown hospital.
Pounds upon Pounds had been spent in order to heal him but to no avail. After exhausting all the funds his parents had to heal him, they died from stress and overworking.
Lukas knew that there was no cure for the illness he was suffering from.
He had already resigned to his fate. As a person who'd been sick for the past 3 years he knew that his death was imminent.There was no use fighting it. He had given up on his life from the moment his parents died trying to save him.Beep. Beep. Beep.
As Lukas was reminiscing about his life, the machine he was living on started beeping. It was still some minutes ago when the nurse last checked on him. He could ring the bell now and some nurses may attend to him.
But he didn't.
He was sick of this life. He was sick of this world. He was sick of everything.
Lukas looked around the room one last time before he closed his eyes.
He really wished that this was the last time he closed his eyes, and that he would never wake up again.
***
Dr Harry was an alcoholic. After drinking himself to stupor last night he woke up with a terrible hangover. After checking his cheap watch for the time he stood up and walked to the toilet to relieve himself.After taking care of his business he left his office with a pack of cigarettes in his hands. He started walking towards the rooftop to take a smoke. That was when he heard it. A beeping noise from his left.
He frowned, contemplating whether to answer the beep or ignore it. After 10 seconds he sighed and started making his way towards the hospital room. As he pulled the door open he staggered as a wave of nausea hit him after a putrid smell assaulted his nose.
He quickly covered his noise with his mask before making his way into the room. After inspecting the patient he sighed. The patient was dead. Probably died an hour or two ago. Dr Harry covered the patients body before bringing out a torn notebook.
'Time of death: 8 am. Cause of death: hereditary illness.'
Dr Harry took one last look at the room before making his way out of the room.
Lukas Bellingham was dead.
***Chirp. Chirp.Lukas slowly opened his eyes and looked around. He was shocked by what he saw. The sky was a mesmerizing blue color. The blue sky was vast with different birds flying around the sky. The clouds were attached to the sky like ice cream on a cone.
Lukas brought his gaze downwards and looked at his surroundings. There were trees to his left. Huge trees. To his right was a vast lake, or was it a river? Lukas wasn't sure.
He forced himself to stand up and walked towards the direction of the lake. He was thirsty. As he bent down to scoop the water he froze.
"Is that me?"
Lukas looked at his face for a whole minute. He was bewildered."Is this really me?" Lukas mumbled to himself.
Lukas looked at the face reflected in the water. He was so shocked. His mouth opened wide.
The face reflected in the clear lake was beautiful. It was also young. After getting over his shock, Lukas studied the face in detail.
Silver hair. Ocean blue eyes. Pointed nose. Clear skin. The previous owner of the face couldn't be older than 10 years.
It was hard to even tell if it was a boy or a girl.Lukas drank from the lake before he stood up. He wandered around the edges of the lake before sitting down. He had come to a conclusion. He couldn't remember anything. The only thing he knew was that his name was Lukas. He couldn't remember anything else. Who he was, how he got here, where he was. He couldn't remember if he had parents or not. He was confused.
He stood up again and started wandering. This time he went in the direction of the forest. After walking for about 10 minutes he finally came to the entrance. He looked at the trees once more and was once again dumbfounded. He was wrong. Huge wasn't the right words for the trees. Colossal was. The trees spanned about 2 meters in width and over 30 meters in height. Huge branches spread out from the trunk of the trees. They were sheltering the forest from the sun. Tall grasses grew at the base of the trees reaching about 1 meters in height. They were taller than Lukas.
Lukas gulped before making his way into the forest. After walking in the forest for another 10 minutes Lukas went from afraid to angry. His previously beautiful face had been whipped by the grasses. His clothes were torn. His legs were blistered. Numerous bugs had bitten him. He was angry and frustrated. He stopped walking and sat down.
He was exhausted. He examined his body and found out that he was bleeding in many places. He sighed before forcing himself to stand up. He had to leave the forest. He couldn't even turn back. He tried turning back before but to his dismay he couldn't find the way back. Left with no choice he kept pushing forward.
As he was about to faint from exhaustion he felt something rustling the leaves. He frowned. He forced himself to stay awake and listened carefully. Then he heard it again. His heart started beating furiously. He slowly turned his head to the direction of the rustling. And he saw it.
It was a monster. That was the perfect word to describe it. It was huge. Very huge. It was taller than the grasses as the grasses only reached his feet. It was a wolf like monster with four eyes and a huge snout. Its teeth were around 4 inches long.
Lukas had already wet his pants at the sight of the monster. The monster growled before it pounced. Lukas couldn't see anything. The monster was still around 10 meters away before disappeared and reappeared with Lukas left arm in its mouth. Lukas slowly looked at his left arm and saw nothing but blood spurting out. Lukas looked at his arm in the monster mouth before he fell down to the ground. Lukas screamed.
***
Leonard and his group were walking in the same forest Lukas was. They were looking for a Four eyed monster wolf to complete their quest."Leader, after this job are we going to the pub again?" A young woman with huge tits and shapely bum asked. She was holding Leonard's arm as she rubbed her tits on his arm. The men at the back were enjoying the sight of her shapely bum swaying. That was the main reason they chose to stay at the back.
"Of course, once we finish this quest we are. If we can get the liver of the wolf we can get up to 50 silvers! With such a huge sum we wouldn't have to work for the next 2 weeks"
As the young woman was about to ask another question they heard a scream. Leonard and his group paused. They looked in the direction of the scream. Then they heard a growl. Leonard looked at his men before running in the direction of the scream. His men followed suit. They soon arrived at the source of the scream.
A four eyed monster wolf was munching on a small human arm while the owner of the arm, a young boy no older than 10 was screaming while bawling his eyes out.
Leonard and his group hid in the tall grasses while preparing to kill the four eyed monster wolf. They couldn't believe their luck. They couldn't understand how a young boy found his way to this part of the forest but thanks to him they could get their hands on the liver of the wolf if they killed it now.
Leonard signaled his hands and 3 men moved out and surrounded the wolf in a triangle. The wolf didn't notice them as it was engrossed on the arm it was eating. The men started mumbling and under their feet different circles started forming. Each of the circles had different symbols and the symbols were spinning rapidly.
The wolf stopped eating and looked at the angles where the men were located. It roared and tried to pounce on them but it couldn't move. It was too late. A triangular prism enclosed the area the wolf stood.
"Boss! Now!" one of the men shouted.
"Get the kid out of the way now!" Leonard shouted. 2 people from his group moved and took the boy who was still screaming out of the way. Leonard then rushed to the front of the monster wolf. A magic circle formed while Leonard mumbled.
When the circle was close to completion Leonard shouted. On cue a blinding light shot out of the circle and enveloped the wolf. The wolf yelped as the light scorched his skin. His fur couldn't prevent it from being burned. After 15 seconds the wolf stopped yelping and laid still.
It was dead.
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Ciel was still shocked at the identity of the masked hunter. Although she had some suspicions, there were merely suspicions. What were the odds of the masked hunter that was her teammate being Lukas himself?From what she could tell, she could see that Lukas was very experienced as a hunter, even more experienced than her. She easily deduced that Lukas had thoughts along the same line as her after the traumatic experience at the Zivel forests, and decided to increase his strength by becoming a hunter.However, she did not account for the speed at which he grew. By some coincidence, they even managed to join the same guild, and were assigned to the same team, which was the only reason she was able to deduce his identity. With tumultous emotions raging wildly in her heart, she joined the village guards and started to help evacuate the helpless villagers while fighting against the saber toothed tigers, taking a passive stance in the heated battle.Lukas who had no idea that his identity
Saber-toothed Tigers
A surprised expression immediately appeared on Chief Keef's face, and the powerful aura that he had kept hidden suddenly skyrocketed. Without even sparing the three guests in his small hut a glance, he exited the hut in a haste. Amanda glanced at Lukas and Ciel briefly before exiting the small hut, leaving both Lukas and Ciel no other choice than to do so. When Lukas and Ciel appeared outside the small hut, the scene before them was one that they did not expect at all. Several huge monsters could be seen charging at the weak villagers. These monsters were incredibly huge, easily towering the villagers at more than 3 meters tall. They bore an uncanny resemblance to the tigers on earth, with few differences. The teeth of these monsters were incredibly sharp, cutting through the weak defenses of the villagers like tofu, and the four front canines were shaped like sabers, hence their name saber toothed tigers. At a single glance they could see more than fifty saber toothed tigers; an
Gien Village (II)
“What do you think you’re doing in my village?”Amanda swung her wand when she heard the voice, pausing the terrified villager’s fall. The villager had his heart in his mouth at that moment, as his face inches away from the ground. If the voice hadn’t interrupted Amanda from her actions, he had no doubt that he would have been face planted on the hard ground and turned into mashed paste.Lukas and Ciel were both shocked and curious that someone was capable of making Amanda cease her actions. They had no doubt in their minds that the villager was a goner when he mocked Amanda’s outfit. They were instead worried about how they would explain the injury of the villager to the Hunter Association when they submitted their quest report for clearing.Amanda slowly turned around to face the owner of the voice. There was shock in her eyes as she gazed at the chief. She was a silver ranked hunter and a Great Mage, which spoke volumes for her physical strength, but she was unable to sense the chi
Gien Village (I)
The journey to Gien village was a smooth one, albeit a long one. It took seven hours for them to get to their destination, one hour longer than the usual time needed. Throughout the duration of the journey, both Lukas and Ciel maintained complete silence. Lukas instead spent the whole time looking outside the window of the van. He found himself missing Eipi all of a sudden. At least, the journey would not have been this boring.When they arrived at Gien village, the van dropped the three of them off before driving off speedily.Lukas and Ciel looked around the village as soon as they alighted from the van. As the name suggested, Gien village was truly a village. At a single glance both Lukas and Ciel could tell that it was very underdeveloped.The van had dropped them at Gien village, but they still had to walk a short distance before they got to the gate to the village.As the trio walked towards the gate, they ran their eyes around their surroundings. Lukas in particular was very al
Summons
The night passed quickly with Lukas following his daily routines which were his usual meditation and exercises.The next morning Lukas woke up early as usual. Amanda had informed them to arrive on time to the Guild building so that they could leave early and get to Gien village on time.Lukas dressed up in his usual hunting outfit, which were his stylish combat clothes, his jacket and most importantly his mask, before exiting the dorm.The dorm was still empty as usual, as the backlash from the attack had yet to die down. Lukas however wasn’t bothered about that. He would use this period to increase his personal strength. That had always been his goal.He took the cab as usual and got to the Guild building early. The meeting room was empty meaning that he was the first to arrive.Only a few minutes passed before the door to the room opened and a beautiful lady with blue hair stepped inside the room.It was of course Ciel. She was also dressed in her combat suit, which was blue in colo
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“Denied.” Amanda said authoritatively, twirling her wand as she spoke.Ciel let out a light groan when she heard Amanda’s response. This was the fourth quest she had suggested to Amanda but she had denied it just like the other three she submitted to Amanda.Lukas stood up and handed over a document to Amanda. He didn’t read it this time because Amanda told them not to read out loud anymore. Their voices were sickening and would give her endless nightmares according to her.“Denied.” Amanda said again, still twirling her wand as she spoke.Lukas didn’t groan like Ciel. Instead he just turned and went back to searching for a new quest. After having his quests rejected eight times, twice that of Ciel, he gave up on complaining about the rejection. The time he used to complain was better spent on searching for new quests. He had learned from numerous rejections that his complaints meant nothing to Amanda.And just like that, two hours of their time were spent searching for new quests. Af
Choosing a Quest (I)
The reason for their shock was obvious and understandable. At their level as Basic Mages the feat that their team leader performed was completely shocking to them. Casting a magic spell without the use of a magic circle was something they couldn’t comprehend.They had been taught that it was impossible to cast a magic spell without a medium which was why magic circles were required for casting spells so seeing Amanda cast a magic spell without a magic circle was utterly shocking to them.Amanda paid them no heed. She could clearly see their confused gazes and shock at her method of casting magic but made no plans to explain it to them. Not only was it stressful to do so there was absolutely no need for her to do so. She saw no reason to explain the mystery to them.“These documents contain several quests issued by the Hunter Association. Completing the quests will give us contribution points which in turn can be used to level you both to the silver rank.”Lukas and Ciel leaned forward
Ciel and Amanda
A beautiful lady with light blue hair and very curvy body walked in. She was dressed in a fitting hunter’s outfit and at a single glance Lukas could tell that her outfit was enchanted.Her blue eyes that were just as beautiful as her hair scanned the room and came to rest on Lukas. However, her incredibly beautiful face scrunched up into a light frown of confusion when she saw Lukas.For one, Lukas face was as usual covered up with a mask, so she was unable to see his face. His silver hair was now long enough to be packed in a small ponytail, which was what he did.She looked at him for a few seconds before removing her gaze. Hunters were eccentric people anyways. It wasn’t abnormal to see someone wearing a mask.Meanwhile, Lukas was extremely glad that he had decided to wear a mask. The lady wasn’t able to recognize him because of the mask, but he was able to recognize her the instant she walked in.She was none other his senior at Aegis Imperial High School who followed them to the
New Rules
The new rule passed by the Chairman of the Hunter Alliance created a buzz among the Hunters. As expected, the hunters and Guilds were not welcoming of such rule. They had reported to the Hunter Alliance in hopes of them providing a reasonable solution, but instead all they got was a ban telling bronze ranked hunters not to participate in dungeon runs. Of course they were several bronze ranked hunters or Guilds who disregarded this rule and went ahead on dungeon runs. However their ending was far from ideal. The bronze ranked hunters all had their hunter’s license revoked permanently while the Guilds involved were given a 12 month ban on participating in dungeon runs. A 12 month ban was similar to crippling the Guild’s flow of profit because they couldn’t rely on expeditions alone, needless to say that dungeon runs were twice as profitable as expedition. When several hunters heard the harsh punishment passed on the hunters and Guilds that violated the rule, several bronze ranked hunt
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